All over the map : a cartographic odyssey

All over the map A cartographic odyssey

Betsy Mason

Book - 2018

"Created for map lovers by map lovers, this rich book explores the intriguing stories behind maps across history and illuminates how the art of cartography thrives today. In this visually stunning book, award-winning journalists Betsy Mason and Greg Miller--authors of the National Geographic cartography blog "All Over the Map"--Explore the intriguing stories behind maps from a wide variety of cultures, civilizations, and time periods. Based on interviews with scores of leading cartographers, curators, historians, and scholars, this is a remarkable selection of fascinating and unusual maps. This diverse compendium includes ancient maps of dragon-filled seas, elaborate graphics picturing unseen concepts and forces from inside E...arth to outer space, devious maps created by spies, and maps from pop culture such as the schematics to the Death Star and a map of Westeros from Game of Thrones. If your brain craves maps--and Mason and Miller would say it does, whether you know it or not--this eye-opening visual feast will inspire and delight"--

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Subjects
Cartography > History.
Historical geography > Maps.
History.
Maps.
Genres
History
Maps
Published
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic 2018.
Language
English
Main Author
Betsy Mason (author)
Other Authors
Greg (Greg L.) Miller (author)
Physical Description
318 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 31 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9781426219726
  • Introduction
  • Waterways
  • Cities
  • Conflict and crisis
  • Landscapes
  • Economies
  • Science
  • Human experiences
  • Worlds
  • Art and imagination.
Review by Library Journal Review

Mason and Miller, who run the All over the Map blog, aren't professional cartographers but journalists, and their stance as relative novices who love maps makes this book a wonder. In nine sections, including "Waterways," "Cities," and "Conflict and Crisis," they present the most remarkable and fascinating maps from ancient times to today. Some of the creations, such as maps in the opening section showing Mt. Everest and the course of the Mississippi over the past 6,000 years, are well known and included because of their creators' cartographic mastery. Other entries depict imaginary worlds such as Westeros from the TV show Game of Thrones, inner worlds such as the brain, and political realms including maps of poverty and of voting habits. The hundreds of creations vary from hand-painted early works to satellite images; in every case they are beautifully reproduced and accompanied by extensive details of the technical and artistic decisions involved. VERDICT A must for cartography collections and a wonderful addition to social science and art shelves.-­Henrietta Verma, Credo Reference, Jackson Heights, NY © Copyright 2019. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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